I only lift the yarn of the row below to make increases. If you knit into the row below your needle before you knit it the st leans to the right. If you knit into the row below your needle after you knit it the st leans to the left. This method makes a nice neat increase which is almost invisible.

hello. that is a really good question. I’m not 100% sure is the answer. I think you would do them. as written, although a “m1l” might lean right, because you are gong from left to right instead of right you left, would it turn out right in the end?